alboche
\al.bɔʃ\
The verdict
“alboche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allemand.
Corpus desk
Index FR-alboche · alboche · French
alboche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alboche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \al.bɔʃ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « alboche » en français
Rare enough to double-check
alboche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \al.bɔʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Allemand.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for alboche, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is alboche, spelled A-L-B-O-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Allemand.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how alboche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Ah, les Alboches, ils veulent la guerre ? Eh bien, on va la leur faire voir la guerre !
Ce n’est pas au moment où la France, privée depuis trop longtemps de la vigilance du général Boulanger au ministère de la guerre, se voit de nouveau en butte aux provocations sournoises des Alboches, qu’il convient de se laisser aller à un sentiment de rancune personnelle.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.